Special Educational Needs (CertHE)

About the course

We're dedicated to helping everyone who works in schools make a positive difference to outcomes for children whatever their needs.
This course, delivered in collaboration with the Institute of Child Education & Psychology Europe (ICEP Europe), is aimed at support staff towards the start of their careers in primary, secondary or early years schools although teachers would also benefit from study on this programme. Whether you work as a teaching assistant, learning mentor, behavioural support or playworker. You'll develop the confidence and knowledge to meet the needs of all the children you work with.
This is an online course - you won't need any time out of the classroom to attend university - and you'll acquire highly-valued expertise in special needs education that can be used in schools around the UK. You'll study autism, ADHD, learning difficulties, disabilities, best practice in inclusive education and dyslexia, looking at how information is processed in the brain, at learning and memory.
In addition, you'll have the opportunity to look at social, emotional and behavioural difficulties, and autism - the behavioural and social issues, the triggers and the strategies you can use to support these pupils in the classroom.
For further information on our partner in providing this programme, please visit the Institute of Child Education & Psychology Europe website.

Research Excellence Framework 2014
Research Excellence Framework 2014: twice as many of our staff - 220 - were entered into the research assessment for 2014 compared to the number entered in 2008.
For further module and programme information, please contact:
Dr Deirdre MacIntyre (ICEP Europe)
Email: d.macintyre@icepe.eu
Tel: 0208 354 7592

To see the full course description, entry requirements and course costs please visit our website.

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